Acer pentaphyllum Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Acer

Characteristics

Trees to 10 m tall, andromonoecious. Branchlets brown, widely spreading or slightly pendulous; buds imbricate, purplish. Leaves deciduous; petiole brownish yellow, 6-8 cm, glabrous; leaf blade subleathery, abaxially white glaucous, adaxially dark green and glabrous; leaflets (4 or)5(-7); petiolules 5-8 mm, glabrous; leaflet blades 5-8 × 1.5-2 cm, narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate, midvein prominent abaxially, slightly impressed adaxially, veins slightly raised abaxially, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, apex ± obtuse or ± obtuse-acuminate. Inflorescence corymbose, glabrous. Pedicel 1-2 cm, slender, glabrous. Petals 5. Stamens 8; filaments glabrous. Disk glabrous, extrastaminal. Ovary sparsely pubescent. Nutlets ca. 5 mm in diam., strongly convex, puberulent; wing including nutlet 2.3-2.5 cm × ca. 8 mm, wings spreading at 90°. Fl. Apr, fr. Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality andromonoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 9.0 - 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-6

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Acer pentaphyllum unspecified picture

Distribution

Acer pentaphyllum world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Acer pentaphyllum threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56774-1
WFO ID wfo-0000514840
COL ID 94GS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Acer pentaphyllum